Worst Imperfection (I)

Ikeda, Kiyohiro; Murota, Kazuo

doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-7296-5_4

Kiyohiro Ikeda³ &
Kazuo Murota⁴

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The critical load of a system undergoing bifurcation is highly sensitive to imperfections, as Chapter 3 has described. Such is particularly the case for domes and shells. In their design, it is preferable to consider the “worst imperfection” that reduces the critical load most rapidly.

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Department of Civil Engineering, Tohoku University, Aramaki-aza-Aoba Aoba-ku, 980-8579, Sendai, Japan
Dr. Kiyohiro Ikeda
Department of Mathematical Informatics Graduate School of Information Science & Technology, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1 Bunkyo-ku, 113-8656, Tokyo, Japan
Dr. Kazuo Murota

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Ikeda, K., Murota, K. (2010). Worst Imperfection (I). In: Imperfect Bifurcation in Structures and Materials. Applied Mathematical Sciences, vol 149. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7296-5_4

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Published: 14 August 2010
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